~ The domestic life of AM Lees, Editor

Advent Calendar day 24: 23rd December

You’ll remember I cheated and started the O antiphons one day early. This is because in mediaeval English practice, the O antiphons were begun early, and an extra antiphon was tagged on at the end. England being the Our Lady’s Dowry, we finish the sequence with O virgo virginum (virgin of virgins). This makes the reverse acrostic ‘vero cras’, ‘truly tomorrow’.